Handle with Care (Clarke-Boland Big Band album)

Handle with Care is an album by the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band featuring performances recorded in Germany in 1963 for the Atlantic label.[1][2][3]

Handle with Care
Studio album by
Released1963
RecordedJanuary 25 & 26, 1963
Cologne, West Germany
GenreJazz
Length34:25
LabelAtlantic
SD 1404
ProducerGigi Campi
Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band chronology
Jazz Is Universal
(1962)
Handle with Care
(1963)
Now Hear Our Meanin'
(1965)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings     [4]

The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden stated: "Although pretty brief by CD standards at just 34 minutes 26 seconds, there's absolutely no filler in this highly recommended CD".[5]

Track listing edit

All compositions by Francy Boland, except where indicated.

  1. "Long Note Blues (Here Is Cecco Beppe)" - 6:38
  2. "Get Out of Town" (Cole Porter) - 5:50
  3. "Sonor" (Kenny Clarke) - 3:11
  4. "Speedy Reeds" - 5:39
  5. "Old Stuff" - 4:37
  6. "Om Mani Padme Hum" - 8:30

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1400 series accessed October 14, 2015
  2. ^ Payne, D., The Clarke-Boland Big Band discography accessed October 14, 2015
  3. ^ Bigband Paradise album entry, accessed September 20, 2016
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Dryden, Ken. Handle with Care – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 14, 2015.